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Serbia new 5,000-dinar note confirmed

According to a press release, on 26 November 2010 the National Bank of Serbia issued a new 5,000-dinar (US$61.10) banknote that will circulate in parallel with the same denomination note issued in 2003 (P45). The new note retains the overall design of the old note with the following changes:

on the front of the banknote

1. the position and the form of the kip effect and OVI elements are changed;

on the back of the banknote

1. the year of issue (2010) and governor’s signature are changed;2. the logo of the National Bank of Serbia is replaced with the Great Coat-of-Arms of the Republic of Serbia;3. the year of issue and governor’s signature are no longer below the logo of the National Bank of Serbia, but in the right part of the white area;4. lettering (handwriting of S. Jovanović) in intaglio print is added in the central part of the banknote;5. the serial number is placed between the Great Coat-of-Arms of the Republic of Serbia and the value numeral, instead to the right of the value numeral;6. Cyrillic lettering “Narodna banka Srbije – Zavod za izradu novčanica i kovanog novca Topčider“ (National Bank of Serbia – Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins Topčider) is now placed above the upper edge of the fully printed area instead of directly above its lower edge.